Chicago panchang, 9 April 2025
Sunrise 06:20 Sunset 19:24 Moonrise 16:26 Chaitra month
Chicago, Illinois, United States · 41.85°, -87.65° · America/Chicago (UTC-05:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:20 to 19:24- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 07:58 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam 11:14 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta 12:26 – 13:18
- Abhijit Muhurta 12:26 – 13:18 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 12:52 – 14:30
- 07:55 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 12:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 12:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
Night
19:24 to 06:19 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 19:24 – 21:35
- Brahma Muhurta 04:51 – 05:35 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Dwadashi until 12:26
- Nakshatra Purva Phalguni until 01:54 next day · lord Venus
- Yoga Ganda until 07:55
- Karana Balava until 12:26, then Kaulava
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Leo Moon Sun in Pisces
- 07:55 Yoga becomes Vriddhi
- 12:26 Tithi becomes Shukla Trayodashi
- 12:26 Karana becomes Kaulava
- 01:26 next day Karana becomes Taitila
- 01:54 next day Nakshatra becomes Uttara Phalguni
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 07:58 – 09:36
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:14 – 12:52
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 12:26 – 13:18
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 12:52 – 14:30
- Mahapata (equal declinations) Vyatipata, exact at 10:28 Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.34 commentary, p. 30 09:22 – 11:35
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 04:53 – 05:36
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 12:26 – 13:18
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 19:24 – 21:35
- Siddha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.4, Kaśyapa in the commentary, p. 12 06:20 – 12:26
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 01:54 – 06:19 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:20 – 07:58 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 07:58 – 09:36 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:36 – 11:14 | Bad |
| Shubh | 11:14 – 12:52 | Good |
| Rog | 12:52 – 14:30 | Bad |
| Udveg | 14:30 – 16:08 | Bad |
| Char | 16:08 – 17:46 | Neutral |
| Labh | 17:46 – 19:24 | Good |
| Udveg | 19:24 – 20:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 20:45 – 22:07 | Good |
| Amrit | 22:07 – 23:29 | Good |
| Char | 23:29 – 00:51 next day | Neutral |
| Rog | 00:51 – 02:13 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 02:13 – 03:35 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:35 – 04:57 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 04:57 – 06:19 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:25 NowMoon
- 08:31 NowSaturn
- 09:36 NowJupiter
- 10:41 NowMars
- 11:47 NowSun
- 12:52 NowVenus
- 13:57 NowMercury
- 15:02 NowMoon
- 16:08 NowSaturn
- 17:13 NowJupiter
- 18:18 NowMars
- 19:24 NowSun
- 20:18 NowVenus
- 21:13 NowMercury
- 22:07 NowMoon
- 23:02 NowSaturn
- 23:57 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:51 NowMars
- 01:46 NowSun
- 02:40 NowVenus
- 03:35 NowMercury
- 04:29 NowMoon
- 05:24 NowSaturn
- 06:20 NowMercury
- 07:20 NowMoon
- 08:20 NowSaturn
- 09:20 NowJupiter
- 10:20 NowMars
- 11:20 NowSun
- 12:20 NowVenus
- 13:20 NowMercury
- 14:20 NowMoon
- 15:20 NowSaturn
- 16:20 NowJupiter
- 17:20 NowMars
- 18:20 NowSun
- 19:20 NowVenus
- 20:20 NowMercury
- 21:20 NowMoon
- 22:20 NowSaturn
- 23:20 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:20 NowMars
- 01:20 NowSun
- 02:20 NowVenus
- 03:20 NowMercury
- 04:20 NowMoon
- 05:20 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 04:53 – 05:25 Aquarius
- 05:25 – 06:34 Pisces
- 06:34 – 07:54 Aries
- 07:54 – 09:42 Taurus
- 09:42 – 12:00 Gemini
- 12:00 – 14:34 Cancer
- 14:34 – 17:07 Leo
- 17:07 – 19:40 Virgo
- 19:40 – 22:14 Libra
- 22:14 – 00:41 next day Scorpio
- 00:41 – 02:41 next day Sagittarius
- 02:41 – 04:10 next day Capricorn
- 04:10 – 05:21 next day Aquarius
- 05:21 – 06:19 next day Pisces
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in CDT (UTC-5) · Method